Had this queen for a while now, came from Malaysia I believe, best guess is Solenopsis, although was told it culd be a Pheidole, however I dont think it is...
fraid my battery died on this shot, so cant get a better one till tomorow...
how big is she
looks alot like a Camponotus Queen to me, but correct me if im wrong
to small for Camponotus I think, and a few other features which say shes not, cant remeber what, ran thru some taxon lists a few months ago, waitin for workers really, best way to work it out i guess
shes about 12mm long, allot more slender than she looks in that pic, very large gaster
my camponotus punctulatus queen is very small, shes about 10 -11 mml
the smallest camponotus i have ever seen :S
I have a Camponotus queen that is only 9mm large. (ore small ;) )
So the size don't give her away. ;)
Maybe a better picture of the head.
Don't think it Solenopsis .
her facial features, and petiole/thorax features, suggest she is solenposis...but I'll post up sum better pictures asap
its solenopsis for sure. had 10 queens which looks the same and they were from malaysia.. its solenopsis invicta or geminnata...
So she must be looking like this than ?
http://www.antstore.net/viewtopic.php?t=6194
The one on my pictures is more red, your is black.
paty: ... hmm hmm hmmm hmmmmm , hehe :D:D that was joke ... :D
My quess is ... it is some Pheidole , or something like that , maybe som solenopsis too , dont know , there is so much species in Malaysia which names I never seen ... but 100 percent Myrmecinae , because there are 2 segments btw thorax and gaster ;)
Also I think she is a myrmicine ants...but would need some other photos (gaster and head), for identify it...